A Gatsby Halloween

A month delayed (of course!) but here is my post about Halloween this year. I went as Daisy from The Great Gatsby movie. I love the book too (it’s one of my favorites) but I specifically modeled my costume after a dress Daisy wore in the most recent film adaptation directed by Baz Luhrmann. I don’t usually post about this kind of thing on my blog, but I spent an incredible amount of time making my outfit so I figured I better brag about it a little bit! Here is the look I was going for:

I worked for many, many hours creating a hand-made beaded covering for a dress I bought.

I also hand-made bracelets to match (as best as I could) the ones she wore. She wore this on both hands.

Here’s my version:

She also had some very beautiful rings, so I tried my best to find rings that were similar to these:

Here’s how mine turned out:

She also wore a really beautiful headpiece, that apparently you can actually buy from Tiffany’s. Obviously this wasn’t really in my budget…

So I made my own:

I created my pieces from beads I found around Tokyo, as well as some key pieces from some really awesome Etsy shops.

I want to give them a shout-out because their pieces were really wonderful!